Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · PR · GEOID 720792024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lajas Municipio, Puerto Rico
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.9 min one way; 2.9% worked from home, 87.7% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.9 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home2.9%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone87.7%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Lajas Municipio's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Lajas Municipio residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.7%; 0.8% used public transit and 2.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,049 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lajas Municipio compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lajas Municipio's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,049 workers age 16+, including 6,843 workers with reported travel time and 206 home workers.
Population estimate23,035± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,049± 700 MOE
Workers with travel time6,843± 700 MOE
Estimated home workers206± 111 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All Puerto Rico reports →Comparable Puerto Rico commute records for Lajas Municipio
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.